DVLA to scrap registration year on new number plates

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  • Asantrofie 1 day ago

    Is any of the features new or different from what DVLA tried to implement in January 2026 but abandoned under pressure?

  • ghit 1 day ago

    From man, westerners mostly trash their cars after 10years, the car is useless, only fine body....
    The trotros and old cars would also go out, government do that by making public transport effective...we must start from a ...
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  • Kojo 1 day ago

    This new system of the owner removing the number plate after selling the car is cumbersome and nonsensical. Since the old number plate is already in the system, it's easier to change the information in the system to suit the ...
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  • KK 1 day ago

    Kojo what are you talking about...In the US the plate is tied to owner not the vehicle. For example, when you sell your car, buy a new car or get into an accident you can take your plate and transfer it to your new car becaus ...
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  • OBK 1 day ago

    Why do we always compare to the US or some advanced countries? Can't it be designed to suit our unique situation? The best practice is good but not always the best.

  • Kwaseato 1 day ago

    Do you permanently want to remain in your stone age state rather than makes life better for everybody. Number plates are tied to the owner, not to vehicles even in Canada.

  • Name 1 day ago

    Which advanced country are you talking about?

    In Germany, you cannot sell a vehicle with the number plate on it. If you do that, the vehicle OFFICIALLY belongs to you !!! Anything that the new owner does with the vehicle, ...
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  • Obibini 1 day ago

    If i have 5 cars registered in one name with different number plates and want to sell all, removing all 5 plates what am i using it for?

    Or is there a way of linking other 4 plates to make it one?

  • Name 1 day ago

    Under the new system, you will have to de-register the vehicles when you sell them. After de-registration, the numbers will the be available for others to use. That's how we do it here.

  • laudable 1 day ago

    See it as SIM card in a phone: Take out the SIM if you're the phone selling to a new person. You keep your SIM.

  • Alley 1 day ago

    Simple explanation

  • Simplified 18 hours ago

    Best explanation

  • The fact. 14 hours ago

    So if bought tanker or trailer i have to transfer my private car number to the tanker ? Because when you’re registering the first car it was registered as a private . I sold it and having my number plate with me , now I wen ...
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  • Alley 1 day ago

    Laudable idea, this will go a long way to resolving security issues.

  • tweaaa 1 day ago

    doing all this to put a lot of people out of Job. Almost 3000 embossers have lost their jobs whiles they could equally work with the dvla which they have been doing close to 40yrs. U guys don't create any jobs even the normal ...
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  • max 1 day ago

    so should we have abandoned embracing mobile phones so that comm centers can keep their jobs?

  • Kwame 1 day ago

    @Max ask oooo, ask some.Some people simply can not embrace change.He he he , I laugh enter DVLA.

  • Jonathan boy 1 day ago

    Mr Dvla Boos you are doing well but the best way is to put the actual year of manufacture of the car like we do in the UK on the registration number. So if I imported a car manufactured in 2016 and I brought it to ghana and r ...
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  • Kwaseato 1 day ago

    Stone age man

  • ghit 1 day ago

    Woy3 kurasini....!!!!

    You can check a car year of manufacturer with the VIN.

  • Nana Boat. 1 day ago

    Excellent move.
    The one all Ghanaians need to talk about is the (10 year no entry) system GRS wants to introduce from October 1. Are they getting rid of all the overwhelming 30 years old cars and the tro tros that most don ...
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  • Kwame Atuapema 1 day ago

    Mr DVLA Boss, your current decision on car registration is not a good one and you must scrap it instantly
    Let me take you back to UK where I spent over 45years. I have never seen UNREGISTETE VEHICLES driving comfortably in ...
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  • Name 1 day ago

    You didn't read well:

    The year will NO longer be part of the number, so if you sold your vehicle with the registration number GE 7750-16 to another person and the person registers the vehicle in 2026, his number will NOT ...
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  • Change old for new? 18 hours ago

    Can I change my old number plate for a new one?